New shooting, familiar debate
A Minnesota school shooting prompted fresh debate about how to address school safety in America — and brought a fresh reminder of some of Florida’s darkest moments.
Rep. Jared Moskowitz, a Parkland Democrat, recalled the latter as a photo of Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey awaiting updates while sitting at the steps of Annunciation Catholic School, which went viral . The anxiousness felt familiar to Moskowitz as he served in the Florida House during the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018.
“I know this feeling all too well. Seven years later, it’s still not gone,” he posted.
Ultimately, news would come that two children, 8-year-old Fletcher Merkel and 10-year-old Harper Moyski , had died in the Minneapolis attack, whi